M/S Empire Hope

Call sign
BCPC
Class
LR100A1 whith freeboard
Shipping company
Nationality
Great Britain flaggGreat Britain
Home port

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1941
Month of delivery
Oktober

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Attacked from air, 12.8.1942
  • Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
12.688
Net tonnage:
7.640

Engine

Dimensions

Length:
521.4'
Beam:
70.4'
Draft:
40.5'
  • Historikk:

    10/1941 - Levert fra Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast, Nord Irland til Ministry of war Transport v/ Shaw Savill & Albion Co. Ltd. - EMPIRE HOPE
    12.8.42 Bombed and set afire off Galeta Island, sunk by escort destroyer.


    Maskineri:
    Dieselmotor, 2S.C.DA. 12 cylindere diam. 12 7/14" - 55 1/2". Maskineri bygget ved Harland & Wolff Ltd. Belfast, Uk.